Boot Hill Cemetery In Haunted Tombstone, Arizona

Nestled on the side of a hill overlooking the Northern portion of Tombstone
and just as you are entering town lies one of the most famous cemeteries in
western history. Boot Hill Cemetery is known to hold some of the baddest
gunslingers that ever tried to take over a town...the Clanton's and the
McLaury's. They, having been shot during the infamous gunfight at the O.K.
Corral, eventually ended up here to be laid to their final resting place...or
did they?

Among all the southwestern shrubbery, the cactus, the prickly pears and dirt
are stories that come from locals and visitors alike of visiting Boot Hill
Cemetery and taking a picture of someone or having someone take their picture
and finding a guest in the picture with them. Now remember, Boot Hill Cemtery is
not open at night...EVER!! The local town marshall will certainly come to find
out who is entering the cemtery if it is discovered that someone has entered.

The Ghost Trackers and the Movie Mix Production crew did obtain permission
for a late night filming in Boot Hill Cemetery and I must say what an experience
that was. It was dark, save for one large fluorescent light mounted on the
adjoining building at the top of the hill. As you are descending the bottom of
the cemetery and down the hill, you have almost no light. It is extremely dark,
unusually quiet and very still. It seems that there are not many noises at the
base of the cemetery. I cannot say what the reason for that is, except that it
may be because of the possibility that spirits are there.

Although photographically, nothing that we could positively say was
paranormal was captured on film...the eeriness was enough to make even the most
hard core ghost hunter shake in their....boots.

We threw in Les Moore's headstone as it was positively humorous in a place
where there is no more humor. The other plot that holds the four headstones are
the Clanton's and the McLaury's headstones. They are buried midway down the hill
amongst other thieves, people who were shot, stabbed or just found dead
somewhere and were brought to be buried there. There are even people who are
buried there on the hill that have "UNKNOWN" on the headstone because
they never knew who it was that had died. There were always people dying. It was
unusual when someone died of natural causes

This headstone interested me so much for the history behind it as opposed to
the headstone itself. It reads:

"John Swain (Slaughter) Born June 1845 Former Slave Who Came
To Tombstone 1879 Died February 8, 1945 Erected By The Personnel At Fort
Huachuca And Friends Of Tombstone In Memory Of A Worthy Pioneer"

This was a former slave who made his way to Tombstone to make a
life and apparently was successful. He has the last name of Slaughter which must
mean that he was taken in by the Slaughter family of Tombstone. He apparently
lived out his life as a slave but he died a free man.

The Ghost Trackers and Movie Mix Productions would like to extend its'
sincerest THANK YOU'S to all the people of Tombstone who allowed us entry into
their buildings so that we may film these most historic areas.

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